Mountain Bike Rear Wheel Cassette Removal
After you have removed the rear wheel from your bike remove the quick release skewer from the wheel.
Mountain bike rear wheel cassette removal. Adjustible wrench for use with park cassette lockring tool torque wrench ft lb newton meters chain tool. The skewer acts as a holding device for freewheel removal tool. Shift into the smallest sprocket. Snug skewer nut against remover.
First either place the bike on a stand or upside down. Find the tool fitting on the sprocket set. If the fittings spin with the cogs it is a cassette system with. Due to the explanation above regarding the specific splines of each make you will have to obtain a tool for your particular cassette a wrench if you have a handle.
Spin the sprockets backwards. Release the brakes and quick release to remove the wheel. To determine if a sprocket is a freewheel or cassette system remove the rear wheel from the bike. Mount bike in repair stand and remove rear wheel from bike.
Then insert the cassette lockring remover into your cassette and turn it until it seats. The ratcheting mechanism comes off with the cogs when the freewheel unthreads for removal. In order to remove the cassette you ll need a freewheel or a cassette lockring removal tool make sure you get one specific to the group you have on your bike because some tools are handle like and others are cyclindrical. Remove rear wheel and quick release.
A bicycle cassette is the cluster of sprockets located on the rear hub of your bike slotting onto a freehub body and held firmly in place with a threaded cassette lockring. Remove the old chain utilizing a chain tool. Shift the rear derailleur to the highest gear smallest cog. If a standard cassette lockring remover doesn t fit your cassette ask a bike tech for one that will.
Next remove the skewer which is the rod running through the center of the wheel and insert a lockring removal tool into the center of the cassette. Install quick release skewer and install skewer nut on outside of remover. Inspect cassette and select correct type of remover. Engage remover into splines notches.
It will only seat in one position. To change a rear cassette on your bike wheel start by removing the rear wheel from the bike.